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| Library Master | Procite | EndNote | Reference Manager | Papyrus | 
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1. Available functions: summary 
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LM: 
 As for 15: a "Library Catalog" database structure is also available, with fields for borrower's name and due date. You can search and print a report for overdue items, but there are not circulation procedures, or the relationship between bibliographic records and borrowers' records  | 
Pr: 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 OLE  | 
En: 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18* 20* For Palm OS devices functionality see Identity card item 18: can include graphics in references, as thumbnails when record is opened; graphics will be referred to in MS-WORD formatted manuscript, also containing dedicated list of figures (see section 13); can also include objects like spreadsheets or presentations documents; each db record can contain only one figure or object; dedicated record fields and edit command to store graphics / objects and the relevant captions; copy of the graphics / objects files is stored in a db subdirectory; graphics / objects cannot be exported; 20(a) can send data to a data visualization tool for statistical analysis (i.e. RefViz® http://www.refviz.com/ ); cazn use OpenURL; (b) Unicode compliant as far as enetering and displaying characters (based on MS-Windows) see Other features  | 
RM: 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 (OLE) 19 (not only publishing but makes it available for editing, adding, duplicating and deleting references)  | 
Papyrus: 
 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 (not from within the wp) 12 13 14 16 18 [can display and export PICT format images within records]  | 
2. Internal database management 
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| LM: 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 (as 6) | Pr: 
 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 (as 6) 6 Rebuild makes a copy and releases disk space; retains Groups and Stopwords of original database, but removes its Record list's configuration  | 
En: 
 1 (3 and 8 through 6 recover) 6 7  | 
RM 
 1; 4 (not internally reversible); 6; 7; 8 (as 6); 11 6 rebuild does not need to make a copy, releases disk space, it retains Reference Indexes (Groups) and brief record list configuration 
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Papyrus: 
 1 6 11  | 
3. Functions across different databases 
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| LM: none | Pr: 5 | En: 5 (while formatting a manuscript via CWYW can search more than one opened db) | RM: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5 to use multiple database, sort criterium and order must be the same; can act across 15 database; can display -not use- combined term lists  | Papyrus: none | 
4. Database subsets 
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| LM: 1 3 (not across sessions) 4 5 6 | Pr: 1 2 3 4 ("groups") 5 6 | En: 1 2 5 6 
 n.b. no marked records  | 
RM 1 2 3 (disappear when database is closed) 4 ("reference indexes": they must be first searched as such to display the records the point to) 5 6 | Papyrus: 1 2 4 5 6 | 
5. Other library functions 
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| LM: no | Pr: no | En: no | RM: no 
 just a few statistics, see above in "2 Internal db management"  | 
Papyrus: no | 
6. Data type that can handle 
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| LM: 1 2 3 OLE; 4 OLE 
 can format, sort and search in a special way: dates, call numbers, names, references to literature sources  | 
Pr: 1; 3 OLE; 4 OLE 
 2: can format and sort Dates and Call number in a special way: for dates, chronological value underneath format; for classification codes: first LCCN, then DDC, then digits, then letters  | 
En: 1 (can handle Unicode characters sets); 3 : incorporates thumbnails of graphics in the edit record view, not in the formatted preview; graphics can be incorporated in MS-WORD manuscripts; 3 and 4 also external via Windows Shell | RM: 1; 3 OLE; 4 OLE | Papyrus: 1; 
 [2 recognizes numeric value of fields but does not compute]; 3 can display, print export graphics within records (as long as PICT representation is included in original graphic), other format files can be linked via external applications; 4 via external applications  | 
7. Command macros | ||||
| LM: no 
 they were available in the DOS version 
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Pr: no | En: no | RM no | Papyrus: no | 
8. Mouse 
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| LM: 1 2 for input worksheets design | Pr: 1 2 | En: 1 2 | RM 1 2 | Papyrus: 2 |